Shoe-blacking machine.



W. C. FORD.` SHOE BLAGKING MAGHNE. APPLIGTION FILED JULY 15, 1907 fatented 00in. 2T?, 1908.

, ing the bristles thereof facing SHOE-BLAGKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27', 1908.

Application filed July 15, 1907. Serial No. 383,765.

b dit whom 'it ymay concern.'

citizen of the United States, residing` at Law- A rence, 1n the county of .Essex and State of I Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Blocking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoc-ldacking machines, and the object is to provide a simple and effective machine which may be conveniently operated by the user to apply the blocking and to impart a polish to the shoe.

With the above object in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter full-y described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a shoe-blacking machine embodying my invention, Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view.

Referring now more )articula-rly to tlie drawings, 1 designates the base of the machine having a compartment 2 formed therein with an opening at one end thereof and containing the spraying device for the shoe blacking hereinafter described. Raised from the base. l is a support 3 having a forked upper end, the 'forks 4 of which are provided intermediately of their ends with bearings for a crank-shaft 5, the crank 6 of which is disposed between the two forks. Said shaft carries the two spaced rotary brushes 7 haveach other and disposed a sufficient distance apart to operate upon the shoes to be polished. The bristles, as shown in Fig. 2, gradually increase in length from the. inner portion of the brush to the outer periphery thereof, so that the t0 of the shoe, as well as the sides, will be po ished.

As shown in lrig. 1, the brushes have a portion of the bristles omitted so as to permit ready access by the foot to the )edal andremoval therefrom, and to avoid tine possibility of any of the bristles being caught between the foot and the. pedal. .lhc forks 4 of the support at their upper ends carry suitable bearings for a pedal 8, which is shaped to receive the foot of the user. The forward end of said pedal is operatively connected with the crank of shaft 5 by a connecting rod 9, so that by rocking the edal the crank shaft is Operated to revolve tliie two brushes.

In order to protect the trousers and hose of the user, where low shoes are worn, I provide a shield 10 which is adjustably supported by the forward end of the pedal by means of a rearwardly-curved arm 11, which is adiustable in a sleeve or collar 12 forlaed on the pedal and held in its adjust .lent by a screw 13.

The compartment 2 of the base is provided with' a reservoir 14, for liquid blacking, which is placed therein through an inlet opening 15. In the forni of spraying apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1, a bellows 16 is provided to be operated by the foot of the user, which is insertedin said compartment through vits open end. An ail-'tube 17 connects this bellows with the hlacking reservoir and is provided with a suitable valve 18 for preventing the inlet of blaeking ther-cinto. Extending from this blacking reservoir is a spraying tube 18 having perfo rations 'through which the blacking is ejected, said tube being arranged in proper position to distribute the blacking over the shoe.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided an exceedingly sinple device for sprayingthe blacking and for imparting a polish to the shoe. rlhe operation of this spraying device and the machine is entirely by the foot of the user, so that it is not necessary to bend over at all, whereby the operations may be Aperformed in a very convenient manner.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

' 1. In a shoe blacking machine, a crank shaft, rotary brushes carried thereby, an inte'rlnediately pivoted foot rest disposed between the faces of the brushes, and an operative connection between said foot rest and the crank shaft.

2. In a shoe-blacking machine, a shaft havingan intermediate crank, brushes carried by said shaft on opposite sides of said crank and having their bristles facingeach whereby the movement of the former iihlo other, an ntermediately pivoted foot rest l parts movement to the latter, and an adjustdisposed hetweenthe bristle portions of said abie shield carried by said foot rest.

brushes, a connecting rod operatively con- In testimony whereo1 I attbi my signature,

meeting; said foot rest and the crank of said in presence of. two witnesses.

shaft. 1 WILLIAM C. FORD.'

In a shoe-h1aeking machine, a rotary Witnesses:

brush, a foot rest, an operative connection GORDON F. MAY.

between said foot rest and the Vrotary brush MAUDE A. BOYLE. 

